#being an ally

[girlactionfigure]

Dani Ishai Behan

#Jews #Judaism #Being an Ally

[factoidfactory]

Random Fact #6,343

In 1954 Betty White had a talk show and faced criticism for including a black tap dancer, Arthur Duncan, on her show.

Betty responded with “I’m sorry. Deal with it.” and gave Duncan more airtime.

Her show was cancelled afterwards.

#betty white #antiracism #the 1950s #did you know #united states #history facts #random facts #little known fact #being an ally #arthur duncan

[thatdiabolicalfeminist]

just to be completely clear, the amount of military power and political influence Israel has has NOTHING to do with its settlers being Jewish. Israel is a force for American & European interests in the region and they're just doing what America does and allows/encourages its close allies to do.

war crimes aren't considered war crimes when someone America finds useful is doing them. european and american pushback against anyone criticizing Israeli apartheid & genocide is 100% because these crimes are useful to American & European hegemony.

Governments that are deeply antisemitic, like France, aren't suddenly caring about Jewish people. Jewish people, persecuted the world over, don't hold some kind of hegemonic power outside of Israel.

The state of Israel and its attendant brutal treatment of the locals are both incredibly useful to the US, and American hegemony means we're expected to celebrate both.

not bc they're Jewish. this isn't a break in the pattern of western antisemitism and it's not evidence that antisemitism doesn't exist.

it's just like how you could get fired for saying shit against the US war in Afghanistan when i was growing up. it is 100% about US military and political interests (ok slightly western europe too but lbr)

#this widespread support has NOTHING to do w Israelis being Jewish apart from evangelicals wanting to use them as pawns for armageddon #the primary reason this is all being treated like it's ok is cuz it's useful to the usa #i feel like this post is going to bring terrible ppl into my inbox but i'm gonna leave it rebloggable for now #if our (US+EU) governments push back at all it will be because it stops being useful to us #either because Israel isn't doing this as quickly & efficiently as promised and it looks like Palestine might actually do some damage #or if it otherwise becomes too politically costly by causing too much tension between the US & other nationstates #either allies like Saudi or if states we aren't quite ready to have war w seem to be ready to throw down over it

[5weekdays]

they gotta give me more enrichment at work look what i just doodled

^ joke that would have killed in 2011

🏳️‍⚧️ this post has come out as trans 🏳️‍⚧️

#i was so proud of walter’s typing quirk that i didn’t remember to make his last name six letter #this sucks. anyway #breaking bad #homestuck #EDIT: I MISSPELLED CAPSAICIN DON'T LOOK AT ME #SECOND EDIT: a transphobe reblogged this so i just want to reiterate that all my posts are transgender #so if you enjoy my posts thanks for being an ally 🫡

[peterokii]

there’s a guy at work who’s forcing everyone in the breakroom to gender me right by yelling my name at any given moment 

he also said he was sorry he read my deadname on the worksheet but was “going to get black out drunk and probably forget dw” 

edit : im a trans guy, im out and on T but im very short that’s why my buddy asserts my gender for me i repeat he’s not outing me he’s doing it to keep me from being misgendered

#ftm #transgender #that's what being an ally means

[chushanye]

I love Kristen Applebees so much. She finds out she's expelled and is really calm about it, but she decides to make a strategic decision to trick her wack-ass cleric teacher into believing she is rejoining his church to find out more about the mystery. fake crying and everything. locked in. she's absolutely eating up her presidential candidate rival. is powering through emotional regulation when talking to her family. and i think "wow she's so fucking cool"... after watching her perform the worst flirting to get a girl to tell her information for that very same mystery. and then i think, "god she's the biggest loser to ever live" what a weirdo god bless

#get her on the complicated women podcast NOWWW #i dont wanna hear people being dense about the character decisions ally is making btw #kristen is flawed and messy and i love it yall are not about to treat kristen acting like a dick as ally the irl person being a dick #kristen applebees #dimension 20 #fantasy high #fhjy #fantasy high junior year

[ohmygodletmesignup]

ok, here’s my book recommendation. probably the only one you’ll ever get from me.

Please read “Why Solange Matters” by Stephanie Phillips.

it focuses on both her and singer Solange, and how Solange’s life and music impacted both her and the entire black community.

i’m a white guy, so i obviously don’t know the struggles of a black woman and i won’t ever know those struggles. this book gave me a “new” perspective, though it’s not new, it’s just new to me. it’s given me things to think about- a lot of things. it’s making me do things i should’ve already done a long time ago.

it’s making me take myself out of the spotlight.

i’m not too comfortable with admitting that at the center of everything, i am there. and that’s because i chose to put myself there.

not in daily life- this is so much bigger than that, which i think is why it was so difficult for me to realize.

whenever i hear things about events or things for black people by black people, i think “what about me?” and “why can’t i join in, i just want to help”. and that’s the issue. though i don’t say anything out loud, i still think it. i still try putting myself there, right in the spotlight. and don’t get me wrong- i don’t do it out of any malicious reason.

i genuinely do want to help, but this is not helping. and that’s why it took me so long to realize what i’m doing wrong. just because i think i’m helping doesn’t mean i am. i can’t help people with problems i don’t understand, and being black is something i will never truly understand.

if i really want to help, i need to be quiet. i need to listen. i need to stop putting myself in the middle of places i shouldn’t be. i need to get over myself. when black people are trying to change something i need to stand behind them, not in front, and not next to. i need to realize that there are no exceptions because part of my family is black. i am white and i am not an exception. i need to recognize this isn’t personal. it’s not about specifically me and it never has been.

there’s so much more that i have to say about this book but i just can’t form the words on it at the moment. this is just something i really needed to get out right now and i hope it made another white person realize something too.

again, the book is Why Solange Matters by Stephanie Phillips.

#a huge realization #realization #white people need to sit down #please read #this is important #we need to listen #we need to do better #trying to be better #support blm #being an ally #why solange matters #stephanie phillips #blm

[fairuzfan]

Palestinians are blamed for not being kind enough to their occupiers again and again. For not using the right words to describe them. And then they turn around and try to preach politics to us, how we're "oversimplifying" things. I promise you — we know how the system works better than you do. That is why it is all of our dreams to change it. To continue to play in this system is acceptance of the occupier's logic and practices. We will not accept such a thing because their goals are antithetical to our lives. Do not fall for their propaganda — their goal is to obfuscate the truth with half truths and incomparable circumstances.

#40+ days of my peoples genocide being broadcasted on live tv. #palestine #gaza #i am so exhausted #and yet they make it about themselves #i cannot understand how selfish you have to be to make it about yourself #when 75+ years of occupation have occurred #these same people will not spare a breath to share palestinian voices #unless you can unequivocally can say 'land back' then you are not an ally

[mccoyquialisms]

ITS PROM, INTREPID HEROES! ASK RAGH ABOUT WHAT HE SAW AT PROM! ASK ABOUT JACE AND PORTER AND ARIANWEN!! INTREPID HEROES!!!

#rattling the bars of my cage during this AP ahdjdkska #ally being like ‘it’s something small he did 3 years ago’ like god they’re so close THEYRE SO CLOSE #if I’m right about this I am going to be fucking INSUFFERABLE and that is a threat #I need to update my lore doc after these episodes #fantasy high #dimension 20 #fhjy #fhjy spoilers #dropout #my musings

[shipwreckblue]

i am once AGAIN thinking about the scene in black sails where flint has just been forced by miranda to confront his overwhelming grief over losing thomas, which has been fueling his unholy rage for the past two seasons. flint is sitting there, having a flashback, drowning in the tragedy and injustice of his gay lover’s death… then vane bursts into the room like a roided-up kool-aid man and immediately tries to kill him. 10/10, flawless tonal whiplash, one of the funniest moments in the entire show.

#if you think about it vane was just being a bro by distracting him from his gay angst. #charles vane queer ally #and by ally i mean he’s very bisexual but he would still CALL himself an ally while making out with jack in public. #black sails #james flint #charles vane #black sails season 2 spoilers

[bulbagarden]

hi just wanting to tell you that the new YOASOBI (!!) and pokémon collab song (biri-biri) was made for the gays:

#i thought it was cute!!!!!!!! -lisia #thanks for being an ally gengar o7 #pokemon #gaming #bulbagarden #lisiaposting for queue #yoasobi #biri biri

[uncanny-tranny]

Periodic reminder that unless a person specifically and clearly tells you it is okay to tell others they are trans or queer, you should err on the side of caution and assume they do not want you to tell people (especially random people!) about their transness or queerness.

You have no idea, generally, why somebody doesn't talk openly about their trans or queer status, and you have no idea, truly, how somebody might react to that information. The most progressive person out there is still capable of harbouring incredibly negative thoughts about somebody's queer status.

#lesbian #gay #bi #bisexual #trans #transgender #queer #lgbt #lgbtq #ally advice #inspired after somebody at work outed me (again ×3) #i don't care how 'safe' you assume they will be! you cannot TRULY guarantee their safety! #you are effectively gambling with somebody's safety by assuming you can out them #also even if their safety was somehow 100% guaranteed it is still not your place to dictate what others know about THEM #like it isn't your own information you are giving out. the other person is a real human being with real thoughts... #...and there are real ramifications to your actions! this is like... real life and like... real people #anyway. i'm still fucking horrified at how cool people are (at least wrt me) with outing others 🙃🫠 #and it just... further reminds me that others see me as like... a thing to be talked about/over and i'm not seen as an autonomous human #maybe that's not their intentions 9/10 times but that still doesn't justify it nor does it change how i interpret that behaviour 👍 #it's just dehumanizing imo to be reminded 'your comfort DOESN'T MATTER. i think you should be talked ABOUT not TO.' #clarification for the first tag: this is the THIRD time somebody has outed me. i NEVER talk about being trans to... pretty much ANYBODY irl #it's shit like this that i have to resist taking the 'doompill' over #because it's scary and dehumanizing every. single. time. i feel so fucking scared each time #because - AGAIN - i know my safety will NEVER be guaranteed because i am trans and queer

[scalpho]

and the award goes to colin provolone for most relatable dnd character in a final battle

#how else are you supposed to react to your allies being brutally torn to shreds by an otherworldly god #colin provolone #the ravening war #dimension 20 #d20

[draw-the-squad-like-this]

Draw your goofballs

#2 people #weird #funny #draw your ocs #draw the squad #otp #friends #idiot #ineffable idiots #idiots #ineffable husbands #ineffable spouses #guys being dudes #silly #goofy #reluctant allies #idiot otp #Otp #draw your otp #draw your otp like this #draw the otp #draw your ship #otp ideas #otp things #otp prompts #otp meme #tag your otp #👁️👁️

[whitesunlars]

coming in hot with my first take on antisemitism in a while after trying to limit my time on this cesspit of jew hatred: being an ally is not something you can identify as, it is something that you become through actions and are deemed so by the minority you are allying with. 99% of you who identify as an ally of the jewish people are actually raging antisemites. if we are scared of you (we are) you are not an ally, not matter how much you identify as one.

#one of the biggest failures we are witnessing among this rise of antisemitism #is people identify as not being antisemitic #so they believe they can't be antisemitic #which isn't true #you can't decide you aren't antisemitic and if a jew calls you antisemitic #and you ignore it #because 'i'm an ally i can't be antisemitic' #guess what you aren't an ally #jewish #jumblr #antisemitism

[nelkcats]

Spite

Danny made himself known to the world by hacking into the Justice League's communications line. Amity was safe but he was so tired of being ignored that the moment he figured out how to isolate his small town from the rest of the world he decided to let the heroes know they had failed.

He posted all the ignored calls, the GIW legal documents, the experiments, everything that would let them know that they had failed. Because he had saved himself and the others but never got help.

In a very short time Amity declared itself independent, similar to Atlantis or Themyscira; they didn't need anything from the rest of the world anyway.

At first the League thought it was the attack of a villain or some new organization.

It became very obvious that this was not the case the more they confirmed the information presented, from a law passed under their noses to the threat of exterminating an entire race of beings that were much stronger than them but decided to chose a peaceful route instead of just destroying everything.

For the first time in years, the League felt useless. The weight only increased when the last piece of "evidence" turned out to be the death certificate of Daniel Fenton, the first victim of the whole mess.

#dpxdc #ghost king danny #Danny was tired of being ignored #and maybe he's being unfair to the League #but they never answered his calls #all the times he needed a helping hand #or someone to help him heal his wounds #a guide to follow #he never got that #and that is a hundred times more unfair in his mind #dp x dc #dc x dp #Amity survived well on its own #and the Infinite Realms have infinite things to offer #so they don't need more allies #The League doesn't know what to do #Should they apologize or leave them alone?